just interested!
2007-03-12 09:21:28 · 8 answers · asked by dave a 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
i know that wiki doesn't know 'cos i checked!
just wondered if anyone else had any idea.
2007-03-12 09:39:49 · update #1
'AndytheBally' - that's a great link! Can't wait to register for 'Duckfest'!!
2007-03-12 09:41:15 · update #2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck#History
Noone knows...
Can you believe this....
http://Duckplanet.com : A popular website about rubber ducks and rubber duck collecting
2007-03-12 09:37:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origin of the rubber duck is not known, but its history is inevitably linked to that of rubber manufacturing, the development of early rubber (and later synthetic rubber) toys including cars and dolls, and the advent of squeak toys which dates to at least the late 1800s. Although squeak toys are often thought of as dog toys, many people still enjoy the squeaking rubber duck. The earliest rubber ducks were made from harder rubber and lacked squeakers.
Ernie, a popular Muppet from Sesame Street, has helped to popularize the floating rubber duck bath toy with his song "Rubber Duckie", though rubber ducks existed long before the advent of this television show. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in American pop culture. In the United States the rubber duck is often symbolically linked to bathing or bath tubs and to babies and toddlers.
2007-03-12 16:27:25 · answer #2 · answered by Dana S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My ex had all kinds of rubber things in her bath none of them looked like ducks tho they were more willy shaped
2007-03-14 01:12:56 · answer #3 · answered by properwired 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it was pulled out of a duck pond and into my bath.
2007-03-14 10:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1950s America.
Though it's likely an eccentric first did it years earlier and well-off people copied him.
2007-03-12 16:51:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ernie?
2007-03-12 16:25:16 · answer #6 · answered by dopeadevil23 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but that is a very good question...and now i am curious so will be reading your answers lol xx
2007-03-12 16:26:08 · answer #7 · answered by ♥♥Cat Lady♥♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ummmmm, Dana copied and pasted that off wikipedia!!! I'm telling!!!
I was going to do that.... :-(
2007-03-12 16:32:30 · answer #8 · answered by floppity 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋